637. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager stated at the February monthly meeting that Sligo County Council had not been charging the full cost of services provided by the county council to the borough council each year and that he indicated that the county council has been subsidising the borough council to the tune of approximately €700,000 a year; if it has further been brought to his attention that there is no record of such an annual subsidy in the Books of Estimates presented to councillors by the county manager each year and and that any decision relating to the provision of such a subsidy is a reserved function of the elected members of Sligo County Council and that the elected members never approved such an annual subsidy; if it has further been brought to his attention that the local government auditor was not provided with any information relating to the annual subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/13]

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637. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that the Sligo County Manager stated at the February monthly meeting that Sligo County Council had not been charging the full cost of services provided by the county council to the borough council each year and that he indicated that the county council has been subsidising the borough council to the tune of approximately €700,000 a year; if it has further been brought to his attention that there is no record of such an annual subsidy in the Books of Estimates presented to councillors by the county manager each year and and that any decision relating to the provision of such a subsidy is a reserved function of the elected members of Sligo County Council and that the elected members never approved such an annual subsidy; if it has further been brought to his attention that the local government auditor was not provided with any information relating to the annual subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/13]

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